2017年職稱英語試題《綜合B》概括大意專項練習(xí)(1)

　　Intelligent Machines

　　(1) Medical scientists are already putting computer chips (芯片) directly into the brain to help people who have Parkinson's disease, but in what other ways might computer technology be able to help us? Ray Kurzweil is author of the successful book The Age of Intelligent Machines and is one of the world's best computer research scientists. He is researching the possibilities.

　　(2) Kurzweil gets computers to recognize voices. An example of this is Ramona, the virtual (虛擬的) hostess of Kurzweil's homepage, who is programmed to understand what you say. Visitors to the site can have their conversations with her, and Ramona also dances and sings.

　　(3) Kurzweil uses this technology to help people with physical disabilities. One of his ideas is a "seeing machine". This will be "like a friend that could describe what is going on in the visible world," he explains. Blind people will use a visual sensor (探測器) which will probably be built into a pair of sunglasses. This sensor will describe to the person everything it sees.

　　(4) Another idea, which is likely to help deaf people, is the "listening machine". This invention will recognize millions of words and understand any speaker. The listening machine will also be able to translate into other languages, so even people without hearing problems are likely to be interested in using it.

　　(5) But it is not just about helping people with disabilities. Looking further into the future,Kurzweil sees a time when we will be able to download our entire consciousness onto a computer. This technology probably won't be ready for at least 50 years, but when it arrives, it means our mind will be able to live forever.

　　23——26概括大意

　　23. Paragraph 2 __________

　　24. Paragraph 3 __________

　　25. Paragraph 4__________

　　26. Paragraph 5 __________

　　A. A new pair of ears

　　B. Computers that can communicate

　　C. Everlasting consciousness on a computer

　　D. Time to break off a friendship

　　E. An author and researcher

　　F. A new pair of eyes

　　27——30完成句子

　　27. Ray Kurzweil works with computers to help people __________.

　　28. Ramona is able to understand__________.

　　29. Blind people will be able to see the world with__________.

　　30. People without hearing problems may also be interested in using __________.

　　A. what you say

　　B. a pair of sunglasses

　　C. the listening machine

　　D. a visual sensor

　　E. who have disabilities

　　F. living forever in a computer

　　2017年職稱英語考試試題《綜合B》概括大意專項練習(xí)題答案及解析

　　23.B。文章第二段所舉的例子說“她被設(shè)置為可以理解你所說的話。網(wǎng)站的訪問者可以和她談話，Ramona也跳舞唱歌”。因此B項“計算機(jī)能夠交流”概括了本段大意。

　　24.F。文章第三段主要闡述的是視覺機(jī)器，如“這機(jī)器像一個朋友一樣，能夠描述在有形世界里正在發(fā)生的事情……該傳感器將向佩戴者描述它看到的一切”。因此F項“一雙新眼睛”概括了本段大意。

　　25.A。文章第四段主要闡述的是聽覺機(jī)器，因此A項“一雙新耳朵”概括了本段大意。

　　26.C。文章第五段主要談到“我們將能把所有意識下載到電腦里……就意味著我們的頭腦能夠永遠(yuǎn)活下去”。因此C項“計算機(jī)上永恒的意識”概括了本段大意。

　　27.E。題干：Ray Kurzweil研究計算機(jī)幫助人們__________。利用題干關(guān)鍵詞可以定位到文章第三段和第四段提到的“Kurzweil uses this technology to help people with physical disabilities”和“Another idea,which is likely to help deafpeople”。因此E項“有殘疾的人”符合文章內(nèi)容。

　　28.A。題干：Ramona能夠理解__________。利用題干關(guān)鍵詞可以定位到文章第二段提到的“who is programmed to understand what you say”。故A項“你所說的話”符合文章內(nèi)容。

　　29.C。題干：盲人能夠通過__________看到世界。利用題干關(guān)鍵詞可以定位到文章第三段提到的“Blind people will use a visual sensor which will probably be built into a pair of sunglasses”，可知C項“一副墨鏡”符合文章內(nèi)容。

　　30.C。題干：沒有聽力問題的人也有興趣使用__________。利用題干關(guān)鍵詞可以定位到文章第四段提到的“The listening machine will also be able to translate into other languages.so even people without hearing problems are likely to be interested in using it…”，故C項“聽覺機(jī)器”符合文章內(nèi)容。